Zachary D Otaibi, DO

Dr. Pogozelski earned his medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, North Carolina), where he served as president of his class and received a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship. He entered an accelerated program that combined internal medicine residency and cardiology training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He completed his cardiology fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center prior to completing an additional fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. Dr. Pogozelski also received one of fourteen National American Heart Association Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Awards for his research on pulmonary hypertension while there. Dr. Pogozelski is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease and in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He has additional board certifications in internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography. He is a member of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. He joined Allegheny Health Network (AHN) in 2014 as an assistant professor of medicine within the division of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. In 2016, Dr. Pogozelski was listed in Pittsburgh Magazine’s “40 Under 40” as one of the most influential Pittsburghers under the age of 40. The Pennsylvania Medical Society chose him as one of the top physicians in Pennsylvania under the age of 40 the following year. He currently divides his time between Allegheny General Hospital and Forbes Hospital, where he serves as the lead physician for the Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program. Dr. Pogozelski also serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Forbes Hospital.

Dr. Houda currently appointed as Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is also the Surgery Lead Physician, AHN Cancer Institute Lung and Pleural Cancer Disease Site Leadership Team.He is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He earned his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Dr. Houda holds memberships with numerous professional societies including the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.Dr. Houda has medical staff privileges at Allegheny General, West Penn, Forbes, Allegheny Valley, Canonsburg, Jefferson and Wexford hospitals, and is seeing patients at 3 outpatient clinics in Monroeville, Natrona Heights, and Hempfield.

AHN Cancer Institute – Hempfield is part of AHN’s commitment to providing high quality cancer care in closer-to-home settings for patients throughout the greater Pittsburgh region. The 55,000-square-foot Hempfield cancer center will be part of the neighborhood hospital complex that AHN is building in Westmoreland County.